The reason to Customize Windows Start Menu is a must for any organization to deploy a standard workstation and remove any unwanted software from it. Sometimes Microsoft makes small changes under the hood and can hardly be tracked unless an issue comes up to flag those changes. The configuration of the Start Menu and Taskbar for Windows 10 has been since the beginning a great challenge for administrators and it doesn’t look that this will change anytime soon. Windows 11 which came out recently share the same mechanism as Windows 10 when it comes to the Start Menu thus, this post can be used for Windows 11. Microsoft added the following note to the start menu layout modification documentation after the 1703 release A simple note, with great implication! Following our previous posts on Windows 10 Customization and how to modify the taskbar configuration, we will detail how to configure … Read More
Windows 10 Intune and Autopilot Customization
With the latest updates Microsoft released to Intune and Autopilot, it is becoming more realistic to leave the task sequence behind in favour of using Autopilot with Intune to deliver the computer standards required by an enterprise. While it will not be possible for all scenarios, a standard PC used for administrative tasks can be delivered with many, if not all, of the required windows 10 intune autopilot customization. While many of our previous Windows 10 Customization tricks are still gonna be useful, the delivery will be different from simply running various scripts from a Task Sequence. In this post, we will go over multiple Windows 10 customization all done with Intune in order to leverage Windows Autopilot. The ultimate goal is to be able to replicate a standard deployment made with a Task sequence from SCCM or MDT This post is part of a series on Windows Autopilot that … Read More
Customize Windows 10 Taskbar Configuration Using SCCM Task Sequence
With the release of Windows 10 1607, some customization solution were modified. One of them is the ability to modify the Taskbar configuration. In a previous post, we provided many customization scripts and how-to that were made for Windows 10 version 1511. Modifying the Taskbar was one of those customization but it was more of a workaround than a planned how-to. With Windows 10 1607, the Taskbar can be modified similarly to the Start Menu. In this post, we will detail how to modify the Windows 10 Taskbar configuration using a SCCM Task sequence. This could also be done as part of a Group Policy. SCCM Windows 10 Taskbar Configuration Prerequisites Using this Taskbar customization solution is only available for Windows 10 version 1607 and higher. Before we begin It’s important to understand the concept behind customizing the Taskbar. It use the same Layout Modification method as the Start Menu. It means that if you … Read More